Tag-Archive: food

Summer Curry with Austrian Apricots, Spinach and Toasted Wholegrain Bread

    Back in Munich, I am having a wonderful time meeting all my friends again. We meet in cafés, go shopping in countryside farmer’s stores and cook comfort food together. Yesterday I made a quick and easy curry for a friend who just came back from a long work …
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2012/07/27 Tags: , , , , , , 1 Comment

Art and Food in Bangkok (with CITY GUIDE)

I am back in Munich for the summer and I am falling in love with my old home city again: the people, the architecture, the green parks and the river where I went running for the first time in 14 months again this morning, and the crisp and clear sky …
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2012/07/18 Tags: , , , , , , , 3 Comments

Modern Slavery in Thailand’s Seafood Industry

This photo in Spectrum, the Bangkok Post’s Sunday supplement, gripped my heart. The cover story addressed the increasing pressure from the UN and the international community on Thailand and the multinational seafood industry to stop human trafficking.     Cheap seafood (mostly tuna, mackerel, squid, and sardines) and processed products …
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2012/07/02 Tags: , , , , No comments

Durian: A Love Story

British novelist Anthony Burgess writes that eating durian is “like eating sweet raspberry blancmange in the lavatory.” In Singapore’s metro stations and in South Asian 5-star hotels signs forbid their entrance and if you haven’t tasted them yet, you have probably seen them and certainly smelled them! However more noise …
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2012/06/25 Tags: , , , , No comments

Eating Fair, Green and Well in Ubud, Bali (with UBUD CITY GUIDE and MAP)

“Bali is the liver of the universe” says Johnny Sugiharto from Soma Café. He was referring to the liver’s amazing ability to cleanse and regenerate itself and the body. My weeks in Ubud certainly felt like one long detox retreat. I don’t think there is a place in the world …
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2012/06/23 Tags: , , , , , , , , 1 Comment